It took place on July 26th and it was tons of fun. The winner of the competition was from the Waikiki Edition Hotel and he made a drink which had Vanilla smoke. It was pretty damn good I must say. Good job by all the bartenders competing, there was about 14 of us in all. The winner gets put into the finals which will be in Las Vegas and they get to showcase their signature cocktail there. Good Luck!!! Until then, we will keep making our fantastic drinks, work our magic with our guests, and keep showing people how we like to rock out the bar.
The drink we made was refreshing and half the fun was tweaking it for the competition, practice makes perfect (hehehe). Our ingredients were muddled ginger to release all of its wonderful flavors, then we added in some cubed pineapples (no seeds preferred), and added some pure Maui Cane Sugar and re-muddled everything together.
Then ... We took some fresh Thai basil, threw it in the mash and re-muddled it. Not too much but just enough to release the oils and flavors from the basil - You only need a little muddle with basil, too much, and it gets all funny. Then we added in a squeese of lemon, and of course Bombay Sapphire Gin along with just a dash of Passoa which is a passion fruit liquor. Added in some ice, shook it really, really, hard, poured it straight, and drank it with Sophistication. Yummmmmy. I thought it tastes super awesome and I could have drank them all day long.
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